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TOTAL RESULTS: 163
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26 Nov 2010
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Introduced with the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Bill 2010 [2011], the bill provides for transitional arrangements to: continue existing registrations of vocational education and training providers; continue existing course accreditations; enable certain decisions of the regulator to be reviewed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; enable staff of referring state and territory regulators to transfer to the national regulator; continue legal proceedings; and make miscellaneous amendments.
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26 Nov 2010
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Introduced with the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2010 [2011], the bill establishes the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator as an independent statutory body to regulate the vocational education and training sector and provides for: registration of training organisations; accreditation of courses; powers to issue and cancel qualifications; investigative powers; enforcement; Commonwealth-State arrangements; terms and conditions of employment, functions and powers of the regulator and two commissioners; staff and consultants; offences and civil penalties; reporting requirements; strategic and annual reporting plans; and the establishment of the Australian Quality Training Framework to provide for national standards for registered training organisations by legislative instrument.
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10 Feb 2011
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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Further to the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Bill 2010 [2011] and National Vocational Education and Training Regulator (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2010 [2011], the bill makes consequential amendments to the
Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
, Higher Education Support Act 2003
and Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000
to provide that the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator framework interacts with other regulatory frameworks and funding programs.
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03 Mar 2011
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
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Amends the proposed
National Health and Hospitals Network Act 2011
to: establish the National Health Performance Authority as a statutory authority and provide for its functions, powers, membership, committees, staffing, reporting and planning, and disclosure of information; amend the long and short titles of the Act; and make amendments consequential on the establishment of the authority and the Act title change.
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24 Mar 2011
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Treasury
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Amends the:
National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009
to: require licensed credit providers to provide a Key Facts Sheet for standard home loans to consumers; require credit providers to provide a Key Fact Sheet for credit card contracts; restrict when credit providers can make unsolicited invitations to borrowers to increase the credit limit on a credit card; restrict the approval of the use of credit cards to obtain amounts in excess of the credit limit; prohibit fees being charged when the credit limit is exceeded (unless agreed to by the card holder); and provide for an order of application of payments made under credit card contracts; and National Consumer Credit Protection (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2009
to make consequential amendments.
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25 May 2011
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Infrastructure and Transport
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Amends the
Navigation Act 1912
to: implement the Maritime Labour Convention in Australia by setting minimum requirements for working and living conditions for seafarers working on certain ships engaged in commercial activities, except fishing; and enable vessel traffic services to be extended to the southern part of the Great Barrier Reef.
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17 Aug 2011
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Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
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Amends the
National Residue Survey (Excise) Levy Act 1998
to increase the cap on the National Residue Survey component of the deer slaughter levy from 4 cents to 10.5 cents per kilogram.
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24 Aug 2011
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House of Representatives
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Health and Ageing
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Amends the
National Health Reform Act 2011
to establish the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority and provide for its functions, powers, obligations, liabilities, privileges, membership, appointments, formation of committees, staffing, reporting, and disclosure of information.
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24 Aug 2011
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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
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In response to issues raised by the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills and recommendations made by the Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee, the bill amends the
National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011
to: add an objects clause; clarify which laws of the states and territories apply to registered training organisations; clarify the circumstances when the Regulator can amend an accredited course without an application being made by the course owner; ensure that a person is aware of the cancellation of the qualification or statement of attainment before being liable for a civil penalty; limit the use of force; require authorised officers to possess certain experience, training and qualifications; enable information sharing with the Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency; and make technical amendments.
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23 Nov 2011
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House of Representatives
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Attorney-General
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Amends the:
Nuclear Non-Proliferation (Safeguards) Act 1987
to: create offences for specific conduct prohibited by the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism; and make technical amendments consequential on the Legislative Instruments Act 2003
; and Extradition Act 1988
to update an incorrect reference in the definition of ‘Australian aircraft’.
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